Wee Weasley,
I agree with some of your comments however:
Flying is a hard livelihood but most flying
instructors are only in the job temporary
until moving on to an airline, hence some of them are not particularly interested in their students. I, on the other hand would be grateful for the chance to teach people to fly.
There should be other ways for guys like me to instruct, who do not have the time to study for meaningless JAA theory exams.
I didn't expect this reaction when I initially posed the question, I could understand it if I was offering to fly a 747
for free, instead of someone earning £60,000
a year. As it is instructors only earn about £5 an hour so what's the problem???